Jimmy_D

Considering their notable absence (so far) from Everton, I wonder if we're considering appointing Erwin Koeman.

Great finish!

Think they're going to end up sorely disappointed if they think Koeman alone is going to be worth at least 16 extra points to them.

Well, there's something odd going on. Still think he'll end up there, but it doesn't seem completely wrapped up just yet. (No, not ITK, just my own observations. Seems to be taking far too long for something that's supposedly already done to me.)

He'll probably manage to annoy Everton fans with that as well by suggesting we're actually a big club now

Can't remember the last time I saw a step-over dummy actually work at a free kick Just put the keeper slightly out of position by half a step.

We've actually looked pretty good this first half.

Best way would just be to donate through their website

There are so many good causes here, and anyone that nominated a charity because their lives have been affected in some way has my deepest sympathy. We do have a clear choice of the Alzheimer's Society, a very worthy cause. ---- ---- ----

Meh, I made that post thinking that Koeman wouldn't even think about going there. The donation stands now even in the unlikely event he doesn't actually end up there.

Errm... well safe to say I didn't see that going through at the time, although I also didn't see Everton chucking £7M a season at him! However, apparently unlike Koeman, I keep my word. One nomination of a registered charity per person (by way of a reply in this thread), that was registered before I made the quoted post (13 May 2016). Whichever charity has the most nominations at 11pm BST this Friday (10 June 2016) gets the donation. If there's a tie, I'll split it as evenly as possible.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?56637-Ronald-Koeman-Joins-Everton-for-%A35M-Compensation#.V1bjfEJicZY

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36455355

We don't really need to, I'll just start an 'Everton Takeover Saga' thread.

All the more reason that you should be questioning why you're spending so much on Koeman.

It'd be really funny if we announce a new manager before Everton do...

Most of the academy players that we would have been playing now instead bankrolled our first team.

To be fair, they were never going to live up to the standards of Barry Sanchez...

I wonder if the hold up has been caused by Koeman suddenly realising that Everton is in Liverpool...

It really is funny seeing so many of them desperate for some sort of validation

That's the problem other teams have with us They can throw money at us to try and weaken us, but at the moment, we're better than anyone else at actually spending that money.

Basically, they're viewed as a crap team by everyone except themselves. Now they're trying to get someone, anyone at all, other than themselves, to admit that they're a bit good, mostly justifying it by trophies that few people remember them winning, and having a billionaire shareholder that so far has shown similar financial nous to Mike Ashley. Probably comes from the inbuilt inferiority complex they have over the shadow they're in.

So, by that logic, we have a better squad than Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea, United, Liverpool? You're just making yourself look silly here.

Yes we did, I suggested changing it to "Southampton's"